Lessons Learned From the CORAL Initiative: Advancing Achievement: Findings from an Independent Evaluation of a Major After-School Initiative
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This evaluation of CORAL — Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning, an after-school program in five California cities — finds a relationship between high quality literacy programming and academic gains. It also highlights the role that quality out-of-school-time programs play in the ongoing drive to improve academic achievement.
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Arbreton, A., Sheldon, J., Bradshaw, M., Goldsmith, J., Jucovy, L., and Pepper, S. (2008). Lessons learned from the CORAL initiative — Advancing Achievement: Findings from an Independent Evaluation of a Major After-School Initiative. Oakland, CA: The James Irvine Foundation and Public/Private Ventures.